The week you really get a peek inside of my process. The show notes are simply my script notes. And if you have listened you will know I am putting out a call for help from you. I have taken my Spring Break and now wanting to move forward in the best possible direction.

I’VE HAD THIS THING FOR COMMUNICATION SINCE LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER I THINK but my age that could be 20 minutes but really I’m just talking about my childhood memories.

WRITING AND PLAYING SONGS PLAYS A BIG PART IN MY ENDEAVOR TO COMMUNICATE

ALTHOUGH I MUST ADMIT I AM VERY SHY ABOUT WHERE AND WHEN I WILL PLAY MY MUSIC.

So now, I’m a podcaster. Sharing my passion for all things new and avant-garde. I love our little community radio station, it feels like I’m in the living room talking with my family. And on a wider scale I love my big bigger family folks from faraway places like Australia, Malasia, Spain, and even China has downloaded some of my podcasts. The miracle of the World Wide Wed. –we are all family.

So here I am kind listener, I’m not sure what this fork in the road is, a turning point, a stopping point, or just reevaluating what the heck I’m doing and recalibration my focus. I do know that change is inevitable all things are changing all the time, and this podcast is no exception. I do know that your input will play a major role in what direction thinking outside of the box is going. I’m interested what ‘floats your boat’ in regards to radio or Internet media?

My e-mail Ken at bountifulproductions.com.

For me, it’s a balance between information and entertainment, and we can be informed and entertained at the same time. The other part of the balance has to do with what type of information I’m letting you know I’m looking to let into my existence. Do I play the role of the monk on the mountaintop and sit in peace and meditate on world peace or Do I play the role of the gnome Chomsky type person shining the light on perceived injustices and atrocities.

Yes I have been thinking on this for a bit of time, and some of you know that I’ve taken a break from new interviews the past two weeks. This morning I got up and Googled save the world’s complex. Why? It’s on my mind, and it plays a big role and not only this podcast but my day today interacting with the world. YES I KNOW, I AM NOT GOING TO SAVE THE WORLD. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IT’S A BIG PART OF MY PERSONAL MISSION TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN. MAYBE THIS SONG FROM 1968 PLAYED A ROLE IN MY EVOLUTION, FRANKLY I DON’T REMEMBER JACKIE DESHANNON, BUT HERE SHE IS AND THEN TRANSITIONING TO A NEWER VERSION WITH ANNIE LENNOX AND AL GREEN

You can find both of these songs by doing a YouTube search, or go to my show notes at bountiful productions.com/spring break is over.

And the world would be a better place for you for me

GOOGLE “SAVE THE WORLD COMPLEX”

BUT DON’T WE ALL WANT TO BE A PART OF MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE

A messiah complex (also known as the Christ complex or savior complex) is a state of mind in which an individual holds a belief that they are, or are destined to become, a savior. The term “messiah complex” is not addressed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), but symptoms of the disorder closely resemble those found in individuals suffering from grandiose delusions (GD) or delusions of grandeur. This form of delusional belief is most often reported in patients suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Little is known about the disorder, but it is believed that as many as 10% of the population may hold similar beliefs in one form or another, though not significant enough to warrant a diagnosis. [1] Examples include Jim Jones, David Koresh, and Inri Cristo.[2]

For my listeners who don’t know me personally, in case you haven’t guessed, I’m from baby boomer generation. Frankly I relate more to Gen X Y, Rainbow, Indigo children. I guess that’s the wonder of not just radio but of the reality that you are as young (or as old) as we think. It’s an inside job.

Now I am drawing from quite a few years of living learning, hard knocks, broken illusions and plain old trial and error. I’m telling you this because I did spend a good portion of my younger years as a “doomsday Messiah”. Basically I stayed very well informed on all the world news I knew about every conflict going on especially the ones the US was involved in. Did I make the world a better place, it’s questionable. I would say it was sometime in the late 70s or early 80s it dawned on me that making the world a better place started, and ended, with working on making me a better person. I’ve spent a lot of time in introspection, attended countless workshops, and I’m still climbing the mountain. I have become clear I’m one thing, and Michael Jackson wrote a song that helped me with this process.

I’m Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I’m Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change

Start by having a look in the Mirror

Credits for this week’s show with links to YouTube versions of their songs.

I spent 20 years in video and film writing, producing and directing; advertising, and creative direction. I’ve produced AIDS educational videos and tough messages around those living with the disease, and I’ve led Change Management for employees of large corporations going through difficult transitions. I raised three sons, two with autism. And I have written and performed songs all along.

These life situations have helped me develop emotional sensitivity and observation, and a willingness to expose my inner truths and vulnerabilities. I put this to use in helping people realize their creative potential through song writing.

I have a talent for relating to people in ways that help them feel safe, while helping them to rediscover their own brilliance and creativity. For some, that process is directed specifically toward the creation of songs. For others the song writing exercises result in a process and an experience that is transferable to a host other areas of their lives and careers.

I love doing this and seeing the difference I am helping people make for themselves. It is an experience that will change your idea about your creative abilities. You will move from fear to fascination. You will remember you can do anything.

With someone to constantly remind you that anything is possible, you’ll let go of what is keeping you from creating everything you want to create.

In this breakthrough style workshop, you’ll imagine your possibilities, and then discover how to consistently say yes to them.

Reengage your Creativity through Songwriting will help you:

· Rev up your enthusiasm for doing what you want to do

· Kick-start and engage creative thinking about anything

· Get rid of your “inner gremlins” and build your self-confidence

· Have some fun as you create something

· See that you are like other people in having fears and doubts that hold you back

· Meet new people, and get a rush of energy from seeing them grow and go

· Help you creatively engage and solve any challenge

During the 5 days of the workshop:

· You will think of, work on, and complete a song. If this is your first attempt, you’ll have a song and it will be better than you expected. If it’s the next song in your series, you’ll do it better than ever before, and have more fun doing it.

· You’ll get past thinking you can’t and remember that you can! Explore the most common blocks that keep people from doing what they want to do, then work through them.

· You will unwind your creative tangles with a variety of tools and challenging mental exercises, designed to help you open up and get going. Some of the exercises are deep and soul seeking and others fun and playful. You’ll get to decide which is which for you.

· You will do exercises that get rid of the inner editor and critic that stymies possibilities before they get off the ground. Great ideas are often rejected during self-talk, and your wonderful creations are never born. You’re going to learn some new ways to stop that negative inner voice.

· You will look at some songwriting tips and tools to help polish your thoughts and lyrics, and write intuitive melodies.

Lyric writing is a powerful tool for reengaging with your truest self. In the workshop you’ll take a deep emotional dive to turn feelings and thoughts into lyrics. As you do this, you’ll gain insights about your beliefs, fears, past pain, dreams, passions, and intuition. Writing in this way, you rediscover the truth about who you are, and your most positive qualities shine through. You will be more inspired every day and led by intuition. When you dig deep and see your truth, your life is positively transformed.

Playing a musical instrument is not required, but if you have one bring it. Dress casually; we will do some dancing and moving.

WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Thank you, Dawnya for your guidance, inspiration and encouragement. You are going to be the midwife to the birth of many great songs. Heather McElwain

Through this workshop I unkinked my creativity and let it all go. Sally Dennison

Every community that embraces Dawnya will benefit greatly from a creative blossoming of compassionate connections. Richard Koob

Dawnya created a safe, fun, vibrant space which kept me wanting to come back for more. I never expected to write a song that I’m so proud of. Kay Furse

Your song writing class was the most amazing and infectious class that I have ever taken. Not only did you teach us that all people can and should express themselves freely, but that it’s ok to think and sometimes act like a little kid. Dawnya you are a spectacular, nice, smart, and determined person and song writer. Julia Buchanan (Forrest Bird Charter School student)

Dawnya created opportunities for us to see how creative we are, and then offered us tools to craft these newly revealed self-expressions into something honest and professional. Jenn Brooks

This workshop is for anyone who has been putting off doing something they truly want to do. Tim Martin

As a performing songwriter, Dawnya brought chutzpa and her own touching story which was an infectious agent of transformation for the rest of us. I felt open and safe. I loved watching others in the class break out of their self-imposed walls. I would recommend this workshop to anyone who has felt that their inner artist was squelched over the years. Mora Judd

When I first walked into your Songwriting Workshop, there was an air of joy and creativity which let loose in bursts of laughter and self-expression. I enjoyed how you simplified our song writing process while maintaining creative freedom. Bryan Nova Brey

A Delightful conversation with Dawnya Clarine about how songwriting can be a transformational and exciting experience.

Today we talk about one woman’s life journey and how music and songwriting in particular has helped her on her path .

Dawnya is a Northwest Singer, Songwriter, Mother and Facilitator (among other things) and she shares with us how the process of songwriting can transform and enlighten our lives.

Dawnya presents workshops on re-engaging your creativity through songwriting. Below she describes some of the benefits and below that find links to her bio, more workshop information and some of her songs.

Here are some of the benefits

· Rev up your enthusiasm for doing what you want to do

· Kick-start and engage creative thinking about anything

· Get rid of your “inner gremlins” and build your self-confidence

· Have some fun as you create something

· See that you are like other people in having fears and doubts that hold you back

· Meet new people, and get a rush of energy from seeing them grow and go

We are reviewing and commenting on a National Geographic special which is called “Beyond the Movie, The Lord of the Rings.

You may be steeped in the lore of this epic novel by JRR Tolkien or not. It matters not because today we bring to light some analogies and similarities through the ages, along with some lessons to be learned from history.

It was brought to the screen by Peter Jackson in a 6+ hour trilogy. Today I am going to be reviewing and exploring some real world parallels that this 57 minute National Geographic documentary.

I should start with Peter Jackson who produced the movie trilogy. You’re probably wondering what this has to do with “Thinking Outside of the Box”, well, in our world at T double Oh! TB we know that if you hold the vision like Peter Jackson did, and hold the intent it will manifest. This is a stellar example of the adage “Thought becomes Form”!

This week we have a lot of people to thank on our show credits today. As I said in the intro I am reviewing a National Geographic special called “Beyond the Movie– Lord of the Rings”:

It was Narrated by Phill Crowley with Peter McHugh and Oliver Muirhead. We never heard Peter Jackson’s voice but he deserves a huge shout out for following his passion and putting it into making an epic novel into an epic movie,

Among others you heard the voice of Ian McKellen as Gandolf, and discussing Benjamin Franklin was Prof. Michael Zuckerman of the University of Pennsylvania. You also heard Prof. Michael Droat who is a Tolkien an expert.

I want to express my gratitude to Peter Lucht for composing and playing our theme music, and this week Dino Dogen for contributing the upbeat intro music especially for this show. Let us know if you like it!. Cheri Calvert of Cheri Calvert.com is there in the background performing her web design magic, and a big shout out to radio station KRFY Panhandle Community Radio for moral and technical support.

Kirk Miller is a man with a mission. For more than three years he’s been on a daily quest to find a picture that is inspiring and sharing his words of wisdom. His community of followers is growing every day. He has rules, or parameters, which he always follows. The pictures are always taken from a public place where any of us could get to, the pictures are rarely if ever modified in Photoshop, (although he does tweak the settings in his camera.) They feature the natural beauty of the lake and surrounding shores, and rarely show any signs of us humans. I guess the boats, docks, and an occasion bridge is the exception there.

Kirk has a large base of followers in the Facebook realm and it’s become an important part of his life to bring new look at life and unique perspective of our beautiful lake each day to those followers.

Sunrises are his Speciality and his Dedication is Extreme

Kirk’s been doing this daily ritual without fail for more than three years. Here’s a link to an article written about Kirk after only one year and he has become a living legend here in Sandpoint. This article appeared in the River Journal, and the author is Trish Gannon: In Search of the Sunrise.

Below you will find some of the comments from his Facebook followers, and the ones highlighted in green art Kirk’s own comments regarding the photo of the day.

For more information, or for options you might have regarding the use of Kirt’s awesome photos search for Kirk Miller, Sandpoint in Facebook. Or try this link: https://www.facebook.com/kirk.miller.754

It’s so nice to see the seasons through your eyes. It was another boring 82 degree day today in So. Ca. (Laura Jones)

I would hate to lose your daily pictures, I Look forward to them ,and the wisdom and kind words that go with each, come on people he is doing US a favor by posting these . DONT ruin it for everyone just because you can.

12-2-13 7:18AM ~ I was thrilled to see wonderful fluffy clouds at midnight, by 3:00 many more were hovering over our little lake. By 5:30 I was heading for Sunnyside where the last hole in the clouds was visible over Clark Fork. By 6:30 it had closed up so I headed back to Ponder still hoping for some color. When the sun finally broke through the effect was interesting to say the least. Have a great day friends…

12-1-13 7:09AM ~ The temperature dropped seven degrees from the time I left the house until I took this shot an hour and a half later. The good part of that was the rain turned to a snowy slush which at least gave me some color to work with. Be careful out there my friends because apparently winter driving skills aren’t part of the drivers test in North Idaho…Have a great day…

11-29-13 6:39AM ~ I drove around the northern end of the pond and finally decided to climb the mountain to get above the oppressive overcast. This is the scene that greeted me and I knew it was going to be a good day…I loved the crescent moon but soon forgot all about it

11-28-13 7:32AM ~ Some days it’s worth waiting a while for the sun to rise through the wall of fog surrounding our little town. I hope all of my friends and family have a Happy Thanksgiving and/or a Happy Hanukkah. Thanksgivukkah anyone? Keep smiling today, you’ll find the day is much better that way.

It is not unusual for Kirk to get 50 or more comments on one of his photos. Below a smattering of comments for the Dec 2nd 2013 posting:

Audra Gabica OK seriously… this may well be my all time favorite! I mean I’d have to compile them all side by side and survey… But seriously, this one is absolutely incredible! I LOVE IT! Wholly completely amazing stuff right there Mr. Miller! Bravo!!!